GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| fetter | a chain or shackle for the feet |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| fauna | animal life |